British-U.S. link seen hurting ties with Russia

Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's closeness to the United States is at least partly to blame for the poor state of its relations with Russia, MPs said on Sunday.

Relations between London and Moscow are at their worst since the Cold War, soured in particular by mutual espionage allegations, the murder of former Russian intelligence official Andrei Litvinenko in London last year, tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats and a revival of Russian long-range bomber patrols.

The British parliament's foreign affairs committee said Russia now saw Britain as too closely aligned with the United States to be an attractive partner, and was anyway "sceptical of the UK's ability to wield any influence over the U.S.".

"We conclude that the UK's relationship with Russia has been impacted negatively by London's stance vis-à-vis Washington," the committee wrote in a report.

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will now be distancing themselves from the US and, more specifically, Bush since they now have more than a bush puppet as PM.

after all, he was related to the British royals.